Engagement Photo Session

Monterey Wedding Photographer Just months before Sammy and Jeff move to Arizona, they wanted to celebrate their engagement. Sammy had found me on Instagram and reached out about an engagement shoot with Jeff. She told me all about their upcoming move to the desert and how they were excited! It’s where there were memories that […]

January 28, 2021

engagements

couple popping champagne on the beach

3 reasons to have an engagement photoshoot.

With the holidays, comes engagement season. The season where the guy proposes to the girl on Christmas in front of a tree, or New Years Day at midnight. No matter where or how, what matters is that the love of your life asked you to marry them, and of course you said yes! Right? Now […]

engagements

November 24, 2020

Monterey Engagement Photos

Sold my Nikon for a Sony, but regretted it right after

Invested in education courses 

Shot my first solo wedding

2017

Decided to go part-time photographer 

Took a photo of my friends naked son on a beach

Upgraded to a Nikon 5500

2016

Thought I was so cool with my grainy photos of blurry horses

Took photos of landscapes for fun 

Bought a Nikon 3300

2013

my first solo wedding – 2017

Met some incredible industry friends

Started to fill up 2020

Booked up 2019 in about two months

2019

I moved from Hawaii to Norfolk, Virginia

Shot three amazing Hawaii weddings

Went full-time

2018

experimented with all sorts of editing styles 

Prepared myself to go full-time

Switched back to Nikon and got my first full-frame

2017

brand photoshoot – 2018

Established my brand and editing style- 2018

California has welcomed me with incredible 2020/2021 wedding couples

I booked a trip to Seattle and Alaska 

This year, I am making it all about creativity

2021

I moved from Virginia to Monterey, California

I invested in my 2nd mastermind- I refuse to lose this business

Covid Hit the wedding business

2020

I invested in my first mastermind

I figured the type of photographer I wanted to be

2020 was booked in full by the end of 2019

2019

Week in Spain with my husband -2019

2013-2021

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